is photoluminescence and fluorescense the same thing?

[siknastyinc]

 

[CaptAubrey]

Not quite. Fluorescence is one type of photoluminescence; phosphorescence is another.

 

[Richard Sherwood]

I think EGL-Antwerp, possibly others, uses the term photoluminescence on their reports in reference to fluorescence.

 

[JohnQuixote]

Hey Rich, what if a stone has aurora borealis? Canadian diamond?

 

[CaptAubrey]

Date: 10/18/2007 6:47:07 PM
Author: JohnQuixote
Hey Rich, what if a stone has aurora borealis? Canadian diamond?

Mrs. Aubrey has pink diamond earrings that have aurora australis.

 

[Richard Sherwood]

Date: 10/18/2007 6:47:07 PM
Author: JohnQuixote
Hey Rich, what if a stone has aurora borealis? Canadian diamond?

That would be an "eh?".

 

[stebbo]

Date: 10/18/2007 3:26:13 PM
Author: CaptAubrey
Not quite. Fluorescence is one type of photoluminescence; phosphorescence is another.

Skip forward 20 years and women will be charging their phosphorescent diamonds in the car on route to the cinema.